Register Now

In order to be able to post messages on the Ford Focus Forum, Ford Focus ST Forum, Ford Focus RS Forum forums, you must first register.
Please enter your desired user name, your email address and other required details in the form below.

User Name:

Password

Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.

Password:

Confirm Password:

Email Address

Please enter a valid email address for yourself.

Email Address:

Log-in

User Name

Remember Me?

Password

Human Verification

In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.

Additional Options

Miscellaneous Options

Automatically parse links in text

Automatically retrieve titles from external links

Topic Review (Newest First)

03-01-2004 11:42 PM

Seb656

crap i forgot you don't have an SVT you don't have a dual massflywheel So i don't know if it is as neccesary to replace it

03-01-2004 11:36 PM

IHateRice

Yeah I have been looking at the flywheels. Any reccomendations on those as well? I'll talk to the guys I know about installing a turbo, I might end up going with the Vortech just for safety and reliability reasons. I would also be putting lots of miles on the car in the near future for a routine highway commute.

03-01-2004 11:27 PM

Seb656

yup a turbo is more complicated and could have more problems with tunning but it has advantages 2

The quaife differential makes a big difference on the SVT and Im sure it will make a good difference on the ZX3 also I think I would put a new flywheel in the dual mass has alot of problems I dunno though you might wanna research the quaife and a new flywheel before doing something like that

03-01-2004 11:25 PM

IHateRice

Installation of a turbo concerns me, I know two guys very well who install superchargers but I'm not sure if installing a turbo would be that much different. They'd install a supercharger for free but I don't know how well they would do with a turbo. A turbo system seems much more complicated but I do see the advantages now.

03-01-2004 11:18 PM

Seb656

Its really your choice weather super or turbo I like the vortech alot and wouldn't mind having one also I like Tom's turbo its a personal thing I would probably also get a quaife atb differential if i had the money

03-01-2004 11:16 PM

3inasvt

i recommend going turbo...superchargers may be more reliable but you can get more out of the turbo. remember superchargers take power to make power

03-01-2004 11:13 PM

IHateRice

So Tom's turbo kit is the best choice for turbos and the Vortech supercharger is the best choice for supercharging? All i have now is a Steeda short throw, should I just jump right in and go for whatever kit I'm going to get without any other mods? Thanks for all the advice, my car would meet the same fate it met with the previous owner if it wasn't for this site.

03-01-2004 11:05 PM

Seb656

No!! Avoid the gude kit and the precision kit if your gonna get a turbo spend the extra money get Tom's (the other kits are well known for blowing your engine due to improper tunning)

03-01-2004 10:59 PM

IHateRice

Now I've pretty much decided to get the Vortech kit with the aftercooler if I go with a supercharger, and there was a turbo kit I was looking at as well on the same site. Here are the links:

I have not looked into the turbo kits enough yet. Any advice is always welcome. Also, if I bought a Volant intake I would not need it after a supercharger or turbo correct? I might just jump straight into saving for the forced induction before any other mods except possibly exhaust and minor appearance things because after that it seems everything should be built around it. Is it a good idea to mess with the engine internals before or after forced induction?

03-01-2004 08:55 PM

Seb656

A turbo might be less reliable then a supercharger but it would definatly be worth it even if u did have the occasional problem

This thread has more than 10 replies.
Click here to review the whole thread.